[xbmcuser]

It was expensive as they wanted to charge more for it but deepseek has forced their hand

[willy_k]

They’ve only released o3-mini, which is a powerful model but not the full o3 that is being claimed as too expensive to release. That being said, DeepSeek for sure forced their hand to release o3-mini to the public.

[shawabawa3]

o3 mini was previewed in December. Deepseek maybe made them release it a few weeks early but it was already on its way

[sdesol]

I guess the question is, did DeepSeek force them to rethink pricing? It's crazy how much cheaper it (v3 and R1) is, but considering they (Deepseek) can't keep up with demand, the price is kind of moot right now. I really do hope they get the hardware to support the API again. The v3 and R1 models that are hosted by others are still cheap compared to the incumbents, but nothing can compete with DeepSeek on price and performance.

[kandesbunzler]

no they didn't, this was literally all announced in December with a release date for January

[Sparkyte]

Rightfully so, some models are getting super efficient.